r/mildlyinfuriating • u/fruitytonic • 2d ago

My university is replacing the graduation announcer with an AI announcer

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Students have to scan a qr code for their name to be read by the ai voice 🤦 and yes this is the same school that put a girl on academic probation/suspension for using grammarly.

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u/Entity17 2d ago

Graduation annoucing is always fun when you have complex last names. Just wait until AI attempts to pronounce them

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u/PronglesDude 2d ago

This can be attributed to human error, but when an AI consistently mispronounces ethnic names that becomes a systemic issue and opens the school up to a discrimination lawsuit.

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u/Entity17 2d ago

Maybe I have a unqiue view but i don't blame them (or anyone) for getting it wrong.

Life is hard enough, getting my last name said correctly isn't going to affect my future.